Latest Solar System Stories
Humans will definitely bring microbes to Mars—so we might as well bring our favorites
Elon Musk just unveiled SpaceX’s next step toward ‘Moon bases and Mars cities’
Venus may have been habitable and Earth-like before greenhouse gas took over
SpaceX hops toward the next generation of rockets with latest flight test
NASA is planning an interplanetary fishing trip
Rodent astronauts suggest trips to Mars will make us anxious, forgetful, and afraid
Texas-sized plasma ‘cannonballs’ could help solve one of the sun’s biggest mysteries
11 super-nerdy photography facts about the cameras we took to the moon
Money, shoes, poop, and other highlights from the 796 items we’ve left on the moon
Buzz Aldrin sloshed around in pee on the moon (and 11 other Apollo facts)
The Apollo moon rocks continue to reveal secrets of the cosmos
Did we mishear Neil Armstrong’s famous first words on the Moon?
The Apollo 11 mission as told through the astronauts’ heart rates
These six big moon mysteries remain unsolved
Groovy lunar tunes to help you celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing
Why doesn’t anyone live on the moon yet?
Fifty years ago Hasselblad sent the first cameras to the moon
Could you run a moon mission from your smartphone?
NASA’s new mission to Titan is looking for life in all the right places
NASA caught a sudden whiff of methane on Mars, but don’t hold your breath for space cows
Meteoric smoke could be key to putting clouds on Mars
Redshirts on the red planet: Mars is sporting a giant Star Trek insignia
The moon’s south pole is hiding something massive and mysterious
The Moon keeps flashing us and we have no idea why
How Pluto keeps its secret ocean warm
The White House is giving NASA another $1.6 billion to go to the moon. It won’t be enough.
The moon is quaking (and shrinking like a raisin)
Jeff Bezos wants to solve all our problems by shipping us to the moon
NASA may have detected a ‘Marsquake’ for the first time
The Israeli moon crash reminds us that lunar landings are a pain in the butt
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch has a lot riding on it—here’s how to watch
A guide to the moon’s craters, seas, and ghostly shine
The president wants NASA back on the moon by 2024—a risky and unrealistic request
Moon dust kept sealed for 50 years will finally reveal its secrets
The sad reason part of the Mars Rover’s last image is black and white
Megapixels: Check out the moon’s gnarly sunburn
What could life on Mars look like? This Chilean desert holds some clues.
Megapixels: Jupiter’s roiling clouds are a thing of beauty
Astronomers found a stream of thousands of stars hiding in the Milky Way
Next month’s SpaceX launch could help end America’s reliance on Russian rockets
NASA officially ends the Opportunity rover’s 15-year mission
RIP Opportunity: A eulogy for the beloved Mars rover
Mars One died before it could become Fyre Festival: Space Edition
MU69, previously presumed a space snowman, is instead a pair of cosmic pancakes
Rosalind Franklin missed out on a Nobel, but now she’ll help look for life on Mars
What will we name the solar system’s next planet?
NASA’s latest effort to revive Opportunity will likely be the last
The collision that formed the moon may have delivered the building blocks of life
We’re finally figuring out how Uranus ended up on its side
Planet Nine might not actually be a planet
Saturn is ancient, but its rings are only as old as the dinosaurs
How to watch the super blood wolf moon this weekend
Chang’e 4: why the moon’s far side looks red in new images
China just accomplished the first landing on the far side of the moon
MU69 is the most distant object we’ve ever visited—and it looks like a space snowman
It’s official: NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has made history
Watch live as NASA spends New Year’s Eve exploring the mysterious outer regions of our solar system
NASA’s New Horizons will spend New Year’s Eve staring at a very mysterious space ball
This microscope could look for life on Jupiter’s moon
Chinese robots are on a mission to beat NASA to the far side of the moon
7 easy ways you can tell for yourself that the moon landing really happened
What gives a sunset its color?
Listen to the very first sounds recorded on Mars
MEGAPIXELS: This is a Martian selfie from the InSight lander